Re: Is a real war imminent?

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:18 AM 09/13/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> If I understand what Warren Christopher, Warren Rudman, Sandy Berger, Bill
> Kristol, Lawrence Eagleburger, Henry Kissinger and Richard Holbrooke, among
> others, have been saying in the last twelve to fifteen hours, the Bush
> administration is planning a regional war against the entire Arab world,
> with attacks that could reach from Pakistan to Tunisia. I think their aim
> may be
> to attempt to take three to to five years to completely restructure the map
> of North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.

I doubt it: the US has lots of allies in the oil-producing areas -- plus
Egypt. Further, this kind of war would likely disrupt world oil supplies,
something the US doesn't want.

More likely, these types use big rhetoric to justify a smaller war, say
against Afghanistan.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine